Tupi-Guarani languages
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| Tupi-Guarani | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru |
| Genetic classification: |
Tupian Tupi-Guarani |
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Tupi-Guarani (
pronunciation (help·info)) is the name of the most important subfamily of the Tupi languages of South America. It includes 53 languages in 11 groups, as well as the best-known languages of this family, like Guarani and Tupi.
The words carioca, capoeira, tapioca, and jaguar are of Tupi-Guarani origin.
[edit] Languages
According to Ethnologue 15, the structure of the family is as follows:
- Aurá [aux] (Brazil)
- "Guarani I": Paí Tavyterá, Tapieté
- Jora-Yuqui: Jorá (Hora), Yuqui
- Pauserna
- Guaraní (Subgroup I): Western Bolivian, Paraguayan, and Eastern Bolivian Guarani; Mbyá, Aché, Kaiwá, Chiripá, Xetá
- Subgroup II: Guarayu, Sirionó[dubious ][[[Wikipedia:Cleanup|discuss at Guaraní languages]]]
- Tupi (Subgroup III): Cocama-Cocamilla, Omagua, Potiguára, Tupinikin, Nhengatu
- Subgroup IV: Asuriní, Avá-Canoeiro, Guajajara, Suruí do Pará, Parakanã, Tapirapé, Tembé
- Subgroup V: Xingú Asuriní, Araweté, Kayabí
- Subgroup VI: Amundava, Apiacá, Júma, Karipúna, Karipuná, Paranawát, Tenharim, Tukumanféd, Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Wiraféd, Morerebi
- Kamayurá (Subgroup VII)
- Subgroup VIII: Anambé, Amanayé, Emerillon, Guaja, Wayampi, Zo'é, Turiwára, Urubú-Kaapor
[edit] See also
- Tupi people (Tupinambá)
- Guarani people
- Língua Geral and Old Tupi, ancestors of Nhengatu
- Tupí Austral, another extinct Tupi lingua franca
- Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language
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